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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1880
Page
5
The text presents a set of lyrical lines describing golden dreams radiant light and nature. Vague imagery includes references to weather brightness, reaper, pleasant days, and a stately forest scene with Royal oak and maple. The piece evokes a ceremonial pageant mood without a clear narrative.
An archbishop seeks to crown Cologne with a grand cathedral. A vain architect dreams a perfect plan, bargains with the devil, and is thwarted by a holy relic. The cathedral rises, but the architect dies in a fatal fall, his name forever unknown.
The piece contrasts Denver’s western edge with a bustling refined city center. It praises the setup along the Platte with irrigation works, air quality, and future potential while noting early health concerns and promising growth in a growing metropolis.
The critique praises Bernhardt for transforming her plain features into expressive beauty. It highlights her portrayal of Frou Frou as charming and fully convincing, capturing girlish innocence and delicate emotion. It warns that in deeper dramatic depths her reach is limited.
In Courbevoie a Montgolfier ascent ended in tragedy as gymnast August Navarre refused a rope restraint and fell from a trapeze at high altitude. The balloon rose to about six hundred yards, burst near Place St Michel, and Navarre perished. A debris field formed, a newsreader narrowly avoided injury.
The Pigeon Roost in southwestern Scott County Indiana is a famed historic site. It marks the 1812 massacre of settlers by a band of Potawatomi and for eighty years hosted millions of wild pigeons. During roost season thousands are fatally hurt as birds flood the area and hunters use poles to knock roosting birds from branches.
A Sunday-school teacher asks why women do not remove bonnets in church. A small boy replies that they cannot remove them to look again because they have no looking-glasses to put them on again.
The London Builder warns that only sound permanent sanitation matters, stressing foundation quality. It notes unhealthy foundations can contaminate a house for generations, cites rubbish pits with preserved meat tins and old shoes as urban foundation debris, and jokes about potash makers and rot producing odors.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Grand Central Depot with 356 rooms and a restaurant, plus carriage hire and supplies. It mentions a four million package sale and a historical remark on preserving love with brine amid old New York City context.
An irate set of parents received an apology from a teacher who said a miswired switch caused an accidental whipping of the wrong student. The incident was described as a mistake and an accident.
The advertisement extols Electric Bitters as the leading Western remedy, claiming superior value and universal use in Chicago. It promises effective cures where other treatments fail and notes sales by dressers at fifty cents per bottle.
Firefighters from Engine Company 29 fought a blaze at 201 Fulton Street, home to Wells Tea Company, after smoke poured from basements and windows. Five engines responded, two hours of steady work left damage estimated at 20 000 to 25 000 dollars with extensive water damage to tea stocks.
An St Louis publication notes Emerson Piano Company’s global use and praise for its pianos. Jos Gramer, a proprietor, credits St Jacobs Oil with curing his rheumatism and vows to keep using it. A married young woman recalls Ned’s swift smoking cessation upon engagement and rapid return after marriage.
An Illinois exchange notes days of rheumatism are numbered as St Jacobs Oil enters the field and conquers every subject. The advertisement touts strong belief in the product and its Wirkung.
The process describes purifying linseed oil by dilute sulfuric acid treatment and washing, then purifying by heating and exbulition to form a skin. It instructs boiling off smoke, igniting flames, and cooling to form a film, then blending with resin and brown soap, grinding with pigment to produce red printing inks using vermillion and carmine among others.
A breakfast table exchange features a boy asking his father if he supports Bible in public schools and the father affirming. The piece then shifts to a reader inquiry about Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure praising its purity and effectiveness as a disease preventive and remedy for delicate ladies and enfeebled men.
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and medical claims fills the column. Promoters tout Hop Bitters for nerves and stomach strength, Lydia E. Pinkham’s compound for female complaints, Pile’s Cure for consumption, and Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs. The page timer offers cures and home health advice with scattered product names and dubious testimonials.
A country doctor deflects a question on the best way to cure a ham by saying he must first know what ails the ham. The remark highlights cautious, practical thinking in rural medical practice.
A fragment shows an ad promising pest control with Rough on Rats for 15c per box. A heated exchange between two Jews occurs, one declaring not to eat and the other responding that his religion guides him.
Advert says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve will cure the worst piles and costs 25 cents. It claims broad availability and quick relief, written in a bold, promotional tone typical of period ads.
Hon. John Cessna, late member of Congress from Penasco, says Durang's Rheumatic Remedy cured his rheumatism after three doses and that his Bedford, Pa. brother was similarly cured. The ad urges use on all occasions and notes druggists sell the remedy. It also includes a quip about pane replacement and pain relief.
An 19th century advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup for coughs throat and lung diseases noting its quick effect with three or four doses. It claims wide availability and provides trial bottle pricing. It also promotes Dr E B Halliday's Blood Purifier as the superior tonic and Lyon's Heel Stiffeners for footwear.
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